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Billionaire David Koch Dies at 79

posted by martyb on Saturday August 24 2019, @12:28AM   
from the R.I.P. dept.

Quickkeen writes:

Billionaire industrialist David H. Koch, who with his older brother Charles was both celebrated and demonized for transforming American politics by pouring their riches into conservative causes, died Friday at 79.

The cause of death was not disclosed, but Koch Industries said Koch, who lived in New York City, had contended for years with various illnesses, including prostate cancer.

https://www.twincities.com/2019/08/23/ap-source-billionaire-david-koch-has-died-at-age-79/
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/23/us/david-koch-dead.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/david-koch-died-conservative-donor-and-philanthropist-dead-age-79-2019-08-23/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/23/david-koch-dies-billionaire-leader-koch-industries-79/2094016001/

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• Re:Do you close your eyes, plug your ears andRe:Do you close your eyes, plug your ears and (Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday August 25 2019, @03:14AM (4 children)

  by khallow (3766) on Sunday August 25 2019, @03:14AM (#885053) Journal

  even after people's cattle died from drinking it in the water and eating it in their food

  I'll note in that case, the cattle deaths (see here [nytimes.com] for a description) look suspiciously like antifreeze poisoning right up to the dyes showing up in the tissue of the cows (which incidentally may not be DuPont caused). And if that was the way C8 poisoned animals, it would never have survived so many decades without toxicity testing.

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• Read DuPont's emailsRead DuPont's emails (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Sunday August 25 2019, @10:38AM (3 children)

  by Gaaark (41) on Sunday August 25 2019, @10:38AM (#885127) Journal

  Unbelievable.

  DuPont and 3M's OWN testing showed it was cancerous and was causing deformaties and death, and that they HID this from the EPA. THEIR OWN TESTING!
  AND STILL they dumped it: in the water and land and air.

  Read the emails.

  OR, close your eyes.

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  • Re:Read DuPont's emailsRe:Read DuPont's emails (Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday August 25 2019, @11:53AM (2 children)

    by khallow (3766) on Sunday August 25 2019, @11:53AM (#885146) Journal

    showed it was cancerous and was causing deformaties and death

    In what dosage?

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    • Oops: you could have had a C8!Oops: you could have had a C8! (Score: 3, Touché) by Gaaark on Sunday August 25 2019, @12:50PM (1 child)

      by Gaaark (41) on Sunday August 25 2019, @12:50PM (#885157) Journal

      Drink a glass of it and tell me what dose you got and how you feel!

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      • Re:Oops: you could have had a C8!(Score: 0, Redundant) by khallow on Sunday August 25 2019, @10:06PM

        by khallow (3766) on Sunday August 25 2019, @10:06PM (#885391) Journal

        Drink a glass of it

        Are you thereby claiming that everyone is effectively exposed to a glass of C8?

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